Thoughts on this artifact?

[badger51]

Hello this came from the West coast of BC and weighs about 14 lbs..
Any thought on this would be appreciated

[flintguy]

Badger, in my amateur opinion, that screams modern to me. Could be wrong but seems flawless. If that were an actual 3/4 groove axe, it would have to be thousands of years old. Every line on that thing looks machine made yesterday. Beautiful, but way to even and fresh. The polish is also uniform. That wouldn't happen. Let's see what the other think.

[flintguy]

Hard stone holds up well, but seems to nice.

[Hal Gorges]

We don’t have grooved axes in fla. so I don’t know but why is the inside of the groove polished???just asking it seems like an area where the haft goes ...well I just can’t see an Indian giving it the same polish as the rest of the piece.....curious here fla. boy.

[KyChipStone]

I totally agree with flintguy......It literally looks machined to me....

[gregszybala]

Do you have any provenance on it?
Couldn't find a single pic of one on line and the closest I got was a statement saying they were exceedingly rare. Flintguy is most likely right but if there is any way you can get the history on it, it could be legit.
There is a gentleman here in LaPorte County that collects NW Coastal hard stone artifacts and displays them at the Indiana Archaeological shows. I can't remember seeing an ax but what I do remember is the craftsmanship on his pieces is extremely well done.

[Hoss]

looks modern to me too. Also axes like that with the slant groove are not found that far west. Slant groove axes are usually found around Iowa. I would run from that one it lacks any patina and I agree with what Flintguy had to say about the lines looking machined.

This article in our resource section states that these type axes when actual ancient are rare and have a very small distribution area.

https://arrowheads.com/index.php/axes/362-a-cache-of-two-iowa-slant-groove-axes

[badger51]

Thanks guys.
Much appreciated

[SurfaceHunter]

It's a nice piece if you just need one for an example but it doesn't look real to me either.

[flintguy]

Yeah, if I were able get that a reasonable price, I would use it for a home decor piece , nice looking, just probably not real.

[SurfaceHunter]

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